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Adventures in starting a pedal company!
- Thread starter BassManMike73
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Nice to see my baby making some progress! Can't wait to see the finished product, and even moreso play it again! I've picked up a B3K since I sent my Dawg off, and I've got a hankering to run the Dawg through it...
Oh man... I've heard some good things about that, but haven't had a chance to try one yet. I actually finished the rehouse today, but didnt take any pics, so I can't really finish the walk through.
BUT...
All that is left to finish it is to sand the circuit board down a bit. I used my Dremel and a sanding wheel. You can take it down about an eighth of an inch without hitting any components or traces, and that is just enough to make it all fit!
BUT...
All that is left to finish it is to sand the circuit board down a bit. I used my Dremel and a sanding wheel. You can take it down about an eighth of an inch without hitting any components or traces, and that is just enough to make it all fit!
My B3K makes everything sound better! Get one! I run all my effects into it, and it takes out the harshness of my fuzzes and distortions and makes everything sound like it's coming through a sweet tube amp. And when I'm not wanting a tube amp, I just turn if off and it's back to my sweet GK tone. Can't praise it enough. Though I'll stop before I deter any (more?)of your potential customers... 
I can vouch for darkglass and other pedals and GK combinations. I have a 1001 RB, and a B7K. I run all my pedals through the 7 into my 1001 RB and 410 neo. It KILLS!! Absolutely kills. They everything sounds so dang sweet with running through the 7. It's probably one of the wisest purchases I've ever made in gear. It's smooth as heck. And as stated, mimics tubes depending on what OD/dist you're pushing through. Mmmmm mm!
And... A gut shot!
In my original thread, I posted pics of a custom pedal that combines a Mastotron and a Prunes & Custard into one enclosure. The original design worked until I tried to put the back cover on! D: I had forgotten to account for the toggle switches when I checked the clearance of the other components to see if the enclosure was tall enough! So, new enclosure, it's deeper, but also smaller! I think it fits everything nicely, and isn't obnoxiously big considering everything inside of it!
In my original thread, I posted pics of a custom pedal that combines a Mastotron and a Prunes & Custard into one enclosure. The original design worked until I tried to put the back cover on! D: I had forgotten to account for the toggle switches when I checked the clearance of the other components to see if the enclosure was tall enough! So, new enclosure, it's deeper, but also smaller! I think it fits everything nicely, and isn't obnoxiously big considering everything inside of it!
Oh man that looks sweet! Great job man. It looks sooooo much better than the original box. It makes you wonder why they box them in enclosures that big sometimes. You'd think it would cut back on cost to go the route you did. Kudos dude.
Are you speaking of the Diesel Dawg rehouse I did? Or the combo box I posted earlier this morning?
Haven't seen any finished pics of the Diesel Dawg rehouse. Though I'm sure I'll be seeing it in person soon enough... can't wait!
I thought the one you posted this morning was the Diesel Dawg. I should've read through the thread. Either way, the one you posted this morning looks awesome.
And, here is the diesel Dawg, rehoused an just waiting on some labels. I started a new job yesterday, so I haven't had much time to work on these! Slowly working through my queue just the same though!
I've actually favorited your page so I'll eventually be purchasing something. Eventually. It'll be a while but I'll get one one of these days. Ever thought of making a bad a** trem??!
I've been working some extra hours at my day job and haven't had a ton of time to work on pedals, but I did finish the diesel Dawg rehouse officially, I wrote on the labels with a paint pen and I think it looks pretty snazzy!
